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Budish Issues Series of Executive Orders Aimed at Elevating Opportunities for Minority Owned Businesses
Executive Orders Address Findings from 2020 Disparity Study
A set of executive orders aimed at instituting a more robust race and gender-conscious program within Cuyahoga County’s procurement procedures were issued on January 7 by County Executive Armond Budish. The Executive Orders address findings from a 2020 disparity study which revealed that, despite good efforts by the County, there is a disparity between the number of available Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MBE/WBEs) and the number of those firms that have been awarded contracts from the County.
“The County spends many millions of dollars on contracted services. I want to make sure that everyone who is qualified has an opportunity to work with us,” said Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. “We have done a lot to address race and gender disparities in the County’s contracts over the years but the results of this latest Disparity Study show that we must do more and so we will.”
A set of executive orders aimed at instituting a more robust race and gender-conscious program within Cuyahoga County’s procurement procedures were issued on January 7 by County Executive Armond Budish. The Executive Orders address findings from a 2020 disparity study which revealed that, despite good efforts by the County, there is a disparity between the number of available Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MBE/WBEs) and the number of those firms that have been awarded contracts from the County.
“The County spends many millions of dollars on contracted services. I want to make sure that everyone who is qualified has an opportunity to work with us,” said Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish. “We have done a lot to address race and gender disparities in the County’s contracts over the years but the results of this latest Disparity Study show that we must do more and so we will.”
Executive Orders
- Executive Order No. EO 2021-005: Implementation of Posting Reduction of Various Structures in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Executive Order No. EO 2021-004: Declaration and Order Regarding Increased Use of the Small Business Set aside Program in Conjunction with the Cuyahoga County MWBE Contracting Program
- Executive Order No. EO 2021-003: Declaration and Order Regarding Outreach and Compliance with the Cuyahoga County MWBE Contracting Program
- Executive Order No. EO 2021-002: Declaration and Order Regarding Advance Posting of Bids in Conjunction with the Cuyahoga County MWBE Contracting Program
- Executive Order No. EO 2021-001: Declaration and Order Regarding Goals to Address Disparity in Contracting by Cuyahoga County
The Executive Orders also address the County’s Declaration of Racism as a Public Health Crisis, issued in 2020 and created to reduce structural/systemic racism and the long-standing disparities between Black and White people and implement policy changes in response to findings and recommendations from the County Equity Commission and the Cuyahoga County Citizens Advisory Council on Equity.
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